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Petrolheads

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Petrolheads
GenrePanel show
Created byNorman Giller
Presented byNeil Morrissey
StarringChris Barrie
Richard Hammond
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationFountain Studios[1]
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesScarlet Television
On The Box
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release12 February (2006-02-12) –
19 March 2006 (2006-03-19)

Petrolheads is a BBC television panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on location. There were two guests each episode. The show was produced by Brian Klein (Top Gear), directed by John L Spencer and executive producers were Marie-Claire Walton and Steve Ayres. The theme music was by British composer Leigh Haggerwood. It was created and scripted by author Norman Giller, with input from Top Gear writer Richard Porter and comedy scriptwriter Ged Parsons.

Episode list

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The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – Indicates Chris's team won
  – Indicates Richard's team won
Episode Guests Original air date
Chris' guest Richard's guest
1
Philip GlenisterHugo Speer12 February 2006 (2006-02-12)
2
Ronan KeatingEamonn Holmes19 February 2006 (2006-02-19)
3
John Gordon SinclairEdith Bowman26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)
4
Murray WalkerJames May5 March 2006 (2006-03-05)
5
Ricky TomlinsonJames Martin12 March 2006 (2006-03-12)
6
John ThomsonFearne Cotton19 March 2006 (2006-03-19)

References

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  1. ^ "ITV studios in London Archives – TV Studio History".
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